Ox-shoe



' (NQ Model.)

J. DEEBLE.

0X SHOE.

No. 398,034. Y Patented Feb. 19,1889.

IINrrnn STATES PATENT trice.

JOHN DEEBLE, OF SOUTHINGTON, (.fONNEO'IIC/U'I ASSIGNOR TO THE SCRAN-TO).T FOR-GINO COMPANY, OF SORANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

OX-SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,034, dated February19, 1889.

Application filed September 27, 1838. Serial No. 286,515. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it muy concern.:

Be it known that I, JOHN DEEBLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Southington, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOX-Shoes, of which the following' is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of oX-shoes which aremade by machinery and afterward fitted to the foot by the blacksmith;andthe object of my improvement is to enable the smith to moreconveniently and better tit the shoe, and at the same time to leave theshoe with the usual amount of supporting-surface for the ball of thefoot.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of my oX-shoelooking upon the under side, and Fig. 2 is a transverse section thereofon line a; 0c of Fig. l.

'The general shape of the shoe is old, and the broad portion of the shoe3, which supports the ball of the foot, is of the ordinary contour andextends forward to the point 4, the same as in the ordinary shoe.Instead, however, of beveling the shoe back from its edge at the forwardpart of the body portion 3 on the inside, I narrow up the thick portionof the shee and form a shoulder, 5, at the j unction of the body portion3 and toe portion 6, while the portion outside of this shoulder is inthe form of a lin or web, 7, as shown. This has the effect to elongatethe toe portion of the shoe by extending it toward the heel, while atthe same time the contour of the body portion which rests against thefoot is of the usual length and form and serves to support the ball ofthe foot the same as if the toe portion had not been prolonged towardthe heel, as described. The tin or web 7, although thin, is so narrowand projects so slightly from the thickefr portion from which it derivesits strength as to furnish ample support to the ball of the foot. Theremaining part of the body portion 3 is of the ordi` nary form andthickness,

and if, in fitting, a sharper curve is required, 5o

the shoe is curved by the smith who sets it. By making the shoe in themanner described the inner edge may be placed upon the horn of an anviland the toe portion 0 curved, as

may be desired, at any point between the toe end and the line :1: It, orgradually curved from the toe to said line. In so curving the shoeedgewise the web 7 would of course become bent; but after the propercurve has been given to the shoe this web can be flat- 6o tened downagain with a hammer upon an anvil, thereby leaving it in the form shown.By so forming the shoe that its curve maybe eX- tended to the line x' amuch more graceful bend and a better fit can be made than is possiblewith the old style of shoe, which in fitting could not be curved or bentmuch below the junction of the toe and body portion, said junction beingindicated by the point L in the drawings.

By my improvementI am not only enabled to make the bend of the shoeextend farther upon the body portion, but I leave the main part of thebody portion 3 of its usual form and thickness, so that the ball of thefoot is firmly supported.

I claim as my invention-- As a new article of manufacture, theherein-described oX-shoe, having at the junction of the toe and bodyportions on the inside the 8o web 7, and theshoulder 5 a short distancefrom the edge of said web, while the other parts of the shoe are ofordinary form, substantially as described, and for the purposespecified.

JOHN DEEBLE.

IVitnesses:

CHARLES W. DUrToN, MARCUS H. HoLcoMB.

